The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-11-09
LuS.T:Cs Gi;'G THANKS.
They A.e ura..:u, .o- Their Return to ;.,'rr;

Esnest Browo, accompanied by Fcrdi
nand Dubeck. John Curry, Z. Kramer,
Carl \. Lammerech and many Others called
last night. ct the residence Cf Coua .e;!ol
August ?. Wagner uGd presented biz:
with u set of framed resolutions explosive
of their deep gratitude 70 hin for taa Sc.
vices hc rendered in ob;ainiog their release
from tic Insane asylum at wards Island.
According to Mr. Wageners story, 4
great wrong is bciug upheld By the iioard
cf Charities al..i Government >ii!cla !dcn-
titled with the Wards Island Asylum. Mr.
WAGNER SAYS hat beyond tie shade. ct i
doubt over 210 SIRE lcrs, rs arc t"d:} coz
fact: in the iG>au& asylum on "ard 5 tria&d.
while over onc-;hi:d 81 the women W;!:c
have been declared Insane are Is rational
as auy, OF tnc;r sex who are today recog
n2ad by society as being mentally soaDd.
Sevcra! o: he gentlemen who pail iEclF
res3yc:s tc ~. ,;.';s.tHa. q. his hoIe last
right hid tales - t@i la. ri irst ttarln5
seemed entirely iacrcd:b'c. Ferdinand
Dubcck, w,;p lad been c,:,tiasI ipv over
sixty days in The as:irG trl;i in vc:y in
teN;.ent saann.r I!jc story 81 lie treatment
he had received on Wards f>la.n;:. IL: said
thai. although sine ana nclfuct!y rai:0nal
in a.! things, ne was refused hearing be
fore the physician Of the asylum, ant; con-
siantly kco: at menial employment, snch as
washing dishes, scrutbIns The floor and
waiting on table.
John Carry, who prese0;ed picture OF
good health, Informed 'he reporter thit be
had been confined in The asylum fGc seven
years ard seven months. and that t"Ery re.
quest made ~ him to be released WIS ig-
nored by those in charge Mr.. CnTr:' IS
today employed by a leading wholesale
firr,, the members Of which value his scr
vices highly. :,
A. Kramer. an Intelligent German, told
the story Of his three months contne:n' Mt
and said that he had been cruelty treated
by those iu charge, when they well knew
that he was mentally sound and of good
health.
Carl \. Lammcrech, an exceedingly well
Informed German American, relatea his
sad experience IS an inmate Of the Insane
asylum at Wards Island, and told h W be
ilal escaped from his living tomb by swim
miDg the East River in order to reach his
family and friends, from whom he had
been crnc!ly separated for months.
August P. Wagener, the young M"yer
who Lad secured the release of some thirty :
six sane persons from tie Island, tolC how
at the request of q poor, half-starved
woman whose husband had been i'll; gSlly
confined he had taken up her case, only to
finG that there were many Of q similar ma
tur"
After iEr. Nagcnar had been serenaded,
Mr. F!erou appeared ii the reception room,
ard il q few wel!-worlcd remarks presented
lie deserving young ja9yer with hand:
SoG!Hiy framed set OF resolutions, rendered
By tie Society of Humanity for the ser
VICES rendered in behalf OF the suffering
inmates uf Wards Island. Coroner Levy
:.s,t ,,lr. 2icron, wio were also the recip'
iaa;s uf handsome presents rendered by the
s.:nc s0ci.:y, returue.. their thanks to the
gracious donors in 4 few well-chosen and
hindiv expressed words.
Mr.. and Mrs Wagner, after rec' wing
t:lc congratulations OF their friends, invited
al present. to partakc Of the repast they had
prepared for the occasion. After few
merry hours OF Teasing dancing and sing
ing. the joyous gathering dispersed.-.Ae"
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